Tahiri's Favorite Spot on the Beach, Monday Afternoon

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It was a bigger relief than she'd admit to when Tahiri could sense Jaina's presence on the island again -- partly, she had to admit, because she was kind of trying to avoid Anakin

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Jaina would say she didn't feel very confident in figuring out her own stuff, let alone helping someone figure out theirs, but if Tahiri needed her, she'd be there. So she found Tahiri at the beach, taking a seat next to her. "Got your message."

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Tahiri glanced up briefly, long enough to give her something that wasn't quite a smile, then went back to poking in the sand. "Hi," she replied. "Welcome back."

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"I could say the same to you," she said. "What's up?"

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"Oh, you know. Another one of those Fandom weeks," Tahiri replied. "You missed out on this one, I think."

Lucky Jaina.

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"Yeah. I only know a tiny bit." Mainly that her grandfather was dead. "What happened?"

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Tahiri snorted. "Apparently, this was yet another world where I made terrible life choices." Now she looked up at Jaina, frowning slightly. "I don't think I like this pattern."

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"Oh," she said, figuring there was only one thing a pattern of bad life choices could mean. "I have to say I approve a lot of you not liking it."

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"It'd be nice if me not liking it kept it from happening," Tahiri muttered. "And I have no idea how I'm going to explain this to Anakin."

She sighed and ran a hand through her hair. "I think you got the better deal, not being there."

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"You not liking it might keep it from not happening," Jaina pointed out. "Was Anakin there?"

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Tahiri nodded. "I guess it shouldn't surprise either of us which side he ended up being on, huh?"

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Han and Leia had to have one kid that stayed on the right side the whole time.

"Not really, no," she agreed. There were questions she wanted to ask about it, then realized, "That really is the worst subject to broach, huh?"

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Tahiri grunted something in Tusken that, suffice to say, compared it to being digested by a Sarlacc.

"I'll have to tell him something, if he asks." Speaking of asking questions, she almost wanted to ask what Jaina's version of her was up to. Almost. "It'll be tricky, though."

She hadn't called Jaina to ask for advice on that, though.

"You know the good thing about this happening? I don't have to wonder what I would be like, if I was evil. I know. And that means I know I don't like it."

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"Did you wonder?" she asked.

Not that she could blame her if she did. If Jaina'd known at 14 what she'd go through years later, she'd probably wonder, too.

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"I grew up with your brother," Tahiri pointed out. "I couldn't help wondering sometimes."

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Jaina was quiet for a moment, then said, "For what it's worth, I don't think you would turn out evil. Not this version of you."

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"That makes one of me." She tried to spin that as a joke, but it came out a little ragged. "I like to think you're right, though."